If you thought the DMCA was bad, just wait until you hear about
the CBDTPA! (Politech) Many thanks to Declan
McCullagh (again) for blowing the
whistle on the latest schemes of big media and their stooges in Washington. Here is a list of
Senator
Hollings' top campaign contributors, just to drive the point home. (Thanks
Jon O!). As chair of the
commerce committee, the senator failed to protect the rights of US citizens (voters)
against the commerce giants, which should have been his top job.

It has got to be a mistake, because any company so clueless
as to use the DMCA is total garbage. Perhaps Apple wants a return to their
bad old closed platform days, which caused the FSF boycott. It is high time
that we made our own DVD drivers.

Here are some key ideas which are backed up with documented exampes in the article.

Fair use is dying
DMCA prompts censorship
Academic freedom is under attack
DMCA is reckless and ill-conceived
Academia has a vested interest in fair use
Citizenship is blocked by laws like the DMCA
Copyright is not a property grant
DMCA is a failure

This is the same company that silenced Bruce Perens. It has got to be a mistake, because any company so clueless
as to use the DMCA is total garbage. They have a big target on their privates
that says "Boycott Me!", and another on their backsides
that says, "DOS Me!". Take note all; If this is true, it could be the end of HP.

DC 7/17 was staged on the one year anniversary of the jailing of Dmitry Sklyarov. GNU-Darwin stands firm, and more actions will follow. Many thanks to all the activists who made this wonderful exploit a reality. If you appreciate what GNU-Darwin is doing, please consider contributing to the Distribution.

Microsoft's notions of "security" and "trust" are obviously one-sided, and
such a system would certainly be used to squash fair use and first sale rights.
Moreover, mono-culture is bad policy for computer security; Damages will
be widespread when the system is inevitably compromised.
The internet is our public common, but in this scheme Microsoft would be the
sole gatekeeper. Free software can protect you from such outrages, because the
source code is anchored to the commons for all to see. Use free software
instead of Microsoft products.

This prosecution looks less like a balanced and
appropriate response to the real threats to copyright in cyberspace, and
more like a miscommunication between Adobe and our
Pinkerton-FBI. (emphasis added)

Felton is a Princeton professor. Dmitry is a Russian graduate student.
Think about it. DMCA is an unfair law that is selectively enforced. Hat's off
to Professor Felton, a champion of academic freedom.